Hotmail replaced by Outlook.com in Microsoft shake-up

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Hotmail replaced by Outlook.com in Microsoft shake-up

31 July 2012, 19:36

Microsoft is overhauling its free webmail service, dropping the Hotmail name it has used since acquiring the product in 1998, and renaming it Outlook.com. The revamped service will help sort messages as they arrive and allow users to make internet calls on Skype. It said the move would help tackle the problem of "cluttered" inboxes. The move may also be designed to win over users of Google's rival Gmail service.
Microsoft said that in many cases email had become a "chore" because its users accounts had become "overloaded" with material.....Read more here: BBC News - Hotmail replaced by Outlook.com in Microsoft shake-up

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Hotmail replaced by Outlook.com in Microsoft shake-up

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